2004 United States Grand Prix

November 2006 March 2020 March 2020 F1 United States United States 2004 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix June 20 Indianapolis Motor Speedway - road course.svg 2004 2004 Canadian Grand Prix 2004 French Grand Prix 9 18 Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, Indiana2004 SAP United States Grand Prix https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2004_SAP_United_States_Grand_Prix/F/ Racing-Reference February 4, 2022 Permanent racing facility 2.606 4.195 73 190.238 306.016 Fine with temperatures reaching up to 75 F C flip;Wind speeds up to 12.77 mph km/h fliphttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/IN/Indianapolis/2004-06-20 Weather information for the "2004 United States Grand Prix" The Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-11-21 Rubens Barrichello Brazil Ferrari 1:10.223 Rubens Barrichello Brazil Ferrari 1:10.399 7 (lap record) Michael Schumacher Germany Ferrari Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Brazil Takuma Sato Japan BAR-Honda 92,000 USA The 2004 United States Grand Prix (officially the 2004 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix)2004 FORMULA 1 United States Grand Prix - Race https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2004/races/761/united-states/race-result.html 2 January 2021 was a Formula One motor race held on June 20, 2004, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. It was Race 9 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship. Rubens Barrichello started from pole position in his Ferrari ahead of teammate Michael Schumacher. However, following a start-line incident between five cars, four of whom retired as a result, Schumacher overtook Barrichello on the safety car restart on lap six, and despite a threat from Barrichello after the final pit stops, Schumacher held on to take his eighth win of the season. Takuma Sato became only the second Japanese driver to achieve a podium finish after Aguri Suzuki. This was Takumo Sato's only podium finish in F1. The race saw two serious accidents caused by Michelin tyre failures in what would be a precedent for the 2005 United States Grand Prix, at which all Michelin-shod cars withdrew over safety concerns. First, Fernando Alonso's Renault crashed into the barriers alongside the end of the pit straight on lap nine. Later, Ralf Schumacher's Williams suffered the same fate, but in the most dangerous part of the track, causing him to hit the wall at a ninety-degree angle rearwards. The impact left Schumacher with spinal fractures and a concussion, which prevented him from racing until the 2004 Chinese Grand Prix, three months later. This was the last US Grand Prix race that featured a US-owned Formula One team until 2016 when Haas debuted as newly-formed US Formula One team. Report Background Heading into round nine, the season had so far belonged to Michael Schumacher, driving for Ferrari, winning all but one race, in Monaco, owing to a crash with Juan Pablo Montoya, and so had 70 points out of a possible 80. However, Rubens Barrichello, Schumacher's teammate at Ferrari, was only 16 points behind him, having taken six podiums and two other points finishes. In the Constructors' Championship, however, Ferrari were dominating, with 124 points: more than double that of second-placed Renault, the only other team to win a Grand Prix that year so far, with Jarno Trulli triumphing in Monaco. Third-placed BAR had a quick car, but suffered reliability problems. Lead driver Jenson Button, like his future teammate Barrichello, picking up six podiums and two other points finishes. However, of the eight races so far, Takuma Sato, in the other BAR, had suffered five engine failures, three of which had occurred in the preceding three Grands Prix in Monaco, Europe, and Canada. Williams and Toyota had been disqualified from the last event in Canada for illegal brake ducts, even though, in Williams's case, this proved to be a manufacturing error and had not given them any aerodynamic or cooling gain.F1: Grand Prix USA, ITV, 20 June 2004. Friday drivers The bottom 6 teams in the 2003 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race. Constructor Nat Driver BAR-Honda UK Anthony Davidson Sauber-Petronas - Jaguar-Cosworth SWE Björn Wirdheim Toyota BRA Ricardo Zonta Jordan-Ford GER Timo Glock Minardi-Cosworth BEL Bas Leinders Practice thumb|right|Fernando Alonso during free practice. Four practice sessions were held before qualifying - two 60-minute sessions on Friday and two 45-minute sessions on Saturday.http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2004/3/1248.html What's new for the 2004 season? 3 March 2004 Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141216030000/http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2004/3/1248.html 16 December 2014 All of the teams, with the exception of Ferrari, Williams, McLaren, and Renault, were permitted to run three drivers on Friday. Rubens Barrichello topped the timesheets in practices one, two, and three, with times of 1:11.354,http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/722/5992/ 2004 United States Grand Prix - Friday Practice 1 Results Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150222185615/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/722/5992/ 22 February 2015 1:10.365,http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/722/5991/ 2004 United States Grand Prix - Friday Practice 2 Results Formula1.com Formula1.comm Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150222185304/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/722/5991/ 22 February 2015 and 1:10.911http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/722/5990/ 2004 United States Grand Prix - Saturday Practice 1 Results Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150222185349/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/722/5990/ 22 February 2015 respectively. Jenson Button, driving for BAR, however, prevented Barrichello from a clean sweep in the second Saturday session: his time of 1:10.056 was 0.143 quicker than second-placed Michael Schumacher. Third was Takuma Sato, Button's teammate, whilst Barrichello languished in fourth.http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/722/5989/ 2004 United States Grand Prix - Saturday Practice 2 Results Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150222185618/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/722/5989/ 22 February 2015 However, despite the pace of the Ferraris, their Bridgestone tires had grained in the long runs, meaning that balls of rubber would form on the surface of the tire, reducing mechanical grip. Qualifying thumb|right|The McLaren mechanics push Kimi Räikkönen's MP4-19 into the garage during qualifying. Qualifying was split into two sections. In the first session, dubbed "pre-qualifying", each driver took turns to record one lap at a time. The order the cars ran in was the reverse order to the classified results at the 2004 Canadian Grand Prix. For example, Michael Schumacher won the race, so would be the last car to run in pre-qualifying. The second qualifying session (dubbed "qualifying") repeated this process (with the drivers running in reverse order to the pre-qualifying results), but with the caveat that the drivers would not be allowed to alter their fuel loads between then and the race. The fastest time in the second session would take pole. As in 2003, setups and fuel loads could not be altered between the end of the second qualifying session and the race. Rubens Barrichello started from pole from teammate Michael Schumacher after setting a time of 1:10:223. Michael Schumacher started second, making it an all-Ferrari front row. BAR locked out the second row, with Takuma Sato lining up ahead of team leader Jenson Button. Williams locked out row three, with Juan Pablo Montoya in fifth, ahead of Ralf Schumacher. A gearbox issue prevented Jarno Trulli in the Renault from setting a lap, meaning he started last. Jean Todt had told the media that Barrichello would be allowed to race Schumacher and would not be forced to concede to him, as in the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix. Race As the formation lap began, Juan Pablo Montoya's Williams failed to start. Montoya jumped out of the car and ran to the pits to use the spare car; it was set up for him as he was higher up on the grid than his teammate. Montoya started the race from the pit lane. Rubens Barrichello led into the first corner from pole position. Michael Schumacher retained second place. Fernando Alonso started in ninth place on the grid, but went around the outside of the similarly fast-starting Kimi Räikkönen in the McLaren, and then used the inside line at turn two to pass Takuma Sato and move into third place. Jenson Button dropped from fourth to sixth, whilst Ralf Schumacher dropped to seventh. Jarno Trulli moved up to eleventh place, having started last, partially helped by a big crash in turn two. A gear selection issue for Cristiano da Matta meant that he lost momentum, and an unsighted Christian Klien ploughed into the back of him and speared across the track, hitting Giorgio Pantano's Jordan and Felipe Massa's Sauber. Nick Heidfeld in the other Jordan attempted to avoid the chaos, and squeezed Gianmaria Bruni's Minardi onto the kerb, terminally damaging the suspension of the Minardi. The safety car was deployed, and remained out until the end of lap five.Grand Prix 2005 Jones Bruce 2005 Carlton 82 1-84442-578-9 thumb|right|Ralf Schumacher is attended to by Gary Hartstein after impacting the wall out the outside of turn thirteen on lap ten. As the safety car came in, Michael Schumacher overtook Barrichello for the lead of the race. On lap nine, Fernando Alonso, in a Michelin-shod Renault, crashed out from third place at the end of the main straight after his right rear tyre deflated under braking. He lost control of the car and it crashed nose-first into the barriers along the track, destroying the front end of the Renault and some polystyrene boards at turn one. Double yellow flags were deployed, meaning the drivers were not allowed to overtake in that zone. At the end of lap ten, the Williams of Ralf Schumacher, also on Michelin tyres, suffered a tyre failure in turn thirteen, the only banked corner at the time in Formula One, backing the car into the wall at a ninety-degree angle. The car skidded several hundred metres down the race track before coming to rest. Schumacher sat motionless in the car for two minutes, unable to talk to his team over the radio, as the radio had been smashed in the incident. The safety car was deployed, and most of the drivers opted to make an early pit stop. Michael Schumacher pitted, as did his teammate Barrichello, but Barrichello had to queue behind Schumacher, and also struggled to get going from the stop, costing him track position to Kimi Räikkönen, who also pitted. As he left the pit lane, David Coulthard ran over a piece of debris from Alonso's Renault. Michael Schumacher now led the race from Takuma Sato, Jenson Button, and Juan Pablo Montoya, none of whom had made a pit stop. Kimi Räikkönen was now fifth, ahead of Barrichello in sixth, Trulli in seventh place, and Olivier Panis in the last points position in eighth. thumb|left|Jenson Button's BAR retired due to a gearbox problem. The safety car pulled in at the end of lap nineteen, and as the BARs had not stopped, they were pressuring Michael Schumacher's much heavier Ferrari: the top three were within two seconds of each other for a long period of time. Takuma Sato was very quick through the first and second sectors of the lap, but Michael Schumacher's Ferrari had good traction out of turn eleven, the only overtaking opportunity, and so Sato was unable to pass. On lap 24, Button was the first BAR to make a pit stop. Button's arrival in his pit box was messy, causing him to lose a couple of seconds whilst his mechanics readjusted their positions. Sato pitted one lap later, and had a clean stop, rejoining in eleventh place, just in front of Button in twelfth. Sato had good traction, however, out of turn seven on his out lap, and overtook Mark Webber's Jaguar to move up to tenth. On the same lap, he overtook David Coulthard through turn thirteen, finishing off the move into turn one on lap twenty seven. Mark Webber ran wide at turn one, gifting a place to Button. However, BAR's reliability problems continued: Button retired at the end of lap 27 with a gearbox issue. On lap 29, Sato repeated his move on Webber on Giancarlo Fisichella, and moved into a points position. A few corners later, he passed Nick Heidfeld and moved into seventh. thumb|right|David Coulthard battles Giancarlo Fisichella for eighth place. Räikkönen made his second stop of the race at the end of lap 29, rejoining in eleventh place, behind Webber. On lap 31, he moved past Webber, and into tenth place, behind David Coulthard. One lap later, the McLarens swapped positions, as Räikkönen moved into ninth. However, Räikkönen had to make yet another pit stop at the end of lap 34 due to an electronics problem on his car. The stop lasted fifteen seconds and he rejoined last. Montoya made his first pit stop at the end of lap 35, rejoining in sixth. Michael Schumacher now led the race by thirteen seconds from Rubens Barrichello, and continued to pull away. Jarno Trulli, now in third place, drove sharply over the kerb at turn eight and lost a piece of his car on lap 38. Nick Heidfeld pitted at the end of lap 38 and rejoined the race in eleventh. Takuma Sato, meanwhile, had caught Olivier Panis' Toyota, and overtook him on lap 40 for fourth place. Schumacher pitted at the end of lap 42 with a fifteen-second gap to his teammate, and Barrichello assumed the lead. Schumacher's 10.3-second stop fuelled him to get to the end of the race. Barrichello then pushed hard, attempting to leapfrog Schumacher. Heidfeld retired on lap 45, and Sato pitted on the same lap for his second and final pit stop. Sato rejoined in sixth place, behind Montoya. Jarno Trulli pitted on lap 46 and rejoined in fifth place, behind Olivier Panis, although that quickly changed when Panis pitted at the end of lap 47. Panis rejoined behind Sato, and Coulthard pitted on the same lap for McLaren, rejoining in ninth. Fisichella, on Bridgestone tyres, then suffered a left rear puncture on lap 49. He took the opportunity to make his final fuel stop, rejoining near the back of the field. Barrichello had been pushing hard, and so when he finally stopped for fuel on lap 51, the gap between the two Ferraris had been cut to approximately two seconds - Barrichello had cut the gap by approximately thirteen seconds. On lap 52, Barrichello went up the inside of Schumacher in turn four, but Schumacher cut across the front of his teammate. The two cars nearly collided, and Barrichello then, contrary to Todt's earlier statements, was told to remain behind Schumacher. The battle between the two Ferraris meant that Montoya and Trulli were catching them. Sato was, in turn, catching Trulli for fourth place. David Coulthard pitted on lap 55, and, similarly to Button, had a messy arrival. Montoya pitted on lap 56, but as he left the pit lane, he was disqualified from the race due to him changing cars too late on the grid; it was his second consecutive disqualification. Mark Webber's engine expired on lap 60, and he coasted down the pit straight, pulling off at turn one. Takuma Sato went down the inside of Jarno Trulli on lap 61, and although they both ran on the grass, Sato moved up into third position. In attempting to recover from the excursion, Trulli spun. With eight laps to go, Fisichella retired with a hydraulics problem. thumb|right|Zsolt Baumgartner became the first, and only Hungarian driver in Formula One to score a point. Michael Schumacher held off the threat of Barrichello to win the race, his eighth win of 2004. Barrichello finished second, and Takuma Sato became only the second Japanese driver to achieve a podium finish after Aguri Suzuki, a feat not repeated until Kamui Kobayashi in the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix. Jarno Trulli finished fourth, Panis fifth, Räikkönen sixth, and Coulthard seventh; finally, Zsolt Baumgartner became the first, and as of 2025, only Hungarian driver to score a point in a Formula One race by finishing eighth. Post-race Christian Klien did not claim responsibility for the crash on lap one, claiming that he had "nowhere to go".http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr722.html United States GP, 2004 Race Report - GP Encyclopedia - F1 History on Grandprix.com 22 February 2015 Barrichello was disappointed to have conceded the lead on the safety car restart and criticised the Ferrari technicians for indecision regarding his first pit stop, which lost him position to Kimi Räikkönen. Juan Pablo Montoya was frustrated to have lost points for the second race running due to a disqualification beyond his control. However, he said that the pace of the car was positive and allowed Williams to push on for the rest of the season. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap Grid 1 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari1:09.454 1:10.223 — 1 2 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari1:10.129 1:10.400 +0.177 2 3 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda1:10.002 1:10.601 +0.378 3 4 9 UK Jenson Button BAR-Honda1:10.115 1:10.820 +0.597 4 5 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW1:09.824 1:11.062 +0.839 5 6 4 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW1:10.003 1:11.106 +0.883 6 7 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes1:11.415 1:11.137 +0.914 7 8 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota1:09.923 1:11.167 +0.944 8 9 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault1:10.078 1:11.185 +0.962 9 10 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth1:11.444 1:11.286 +1.063 10 11 16 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Toyota1:10.108 1:11.691 +1.468 11 12 5 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes1:11.068 1:12.026 +1.803 12 13 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth1:11.777 1:12.170 +1.947 13 14 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas1:10.997 1:12.470 +2.247 14 15 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas1:11.315 1:12.721 +2.498 15 16 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford1:12.329 1:13.147 +2.924 16 17 19 Italy Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford1:12.017 1:13.375 +3.152 17 18 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth1:13.776 1:14.010 +3.787 18 19 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth1:14.396 1:14.812 +4.589 19 20 7 Italy Jarno Trulli Renault1:10.559 No time1 1 20Source:2004 United States Grand Prix - Saturday Qualifying Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/722/5988/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150222213454/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/722/5988/ 22 February 2015 Notes 1 1 – Jarno Trulli was left without a time in Q2 due to a gearbox failure. Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Bridgestone 73 1:40:29.914 2 10 2 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Bridgestone 73 +2.950 1 8 3 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda Michelin 73 +22.036 3 6 4 7 Italy Jarno Trulli Renault Michelin 73 +34.544 20 5 5 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota Michelin 73 +37.534 8 4 6 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 72 +1 Lap 7 3 7 5 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 72 +1 Lap 12 2 8 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 70 +3 Laps 19 1 9 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 65 Hydraulics 14   Ret Retired 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 60 Oil leak 10   Ret Retired 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 43 Engine 16   Ret Retired 9 UK Jenson Button BAR-Honda Michelin 26 Gearbox 4   Ret Retired 16 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Toyota Michelin 17 Gearbox 11   Ret Retired 4 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW Michelin 9 Puncture/Accident 6   Ret Retired 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault Michelin 8 Puncture 9   Ret Retired 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 0 Collision 13   Ret Retired 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 0 Collision 15   Ret Retired 19 Italy Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 0 Collision 17   Ret Retired 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 0 Collision 18   DSQ Disqualified 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW Michelin 57 Illegal car change3 3 PL2 2  Source:2004 United States Grand Prix - Race Results https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2004/races/761/united-states.html Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 17 December 2017 20 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230520160013/https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2004/races/761/united-states.html dead Notes 2 2 – Juan Pablo Montoya started the race from the pitlane. 3 3 – Montoya was disqualified from the Grand Prix for changing cars after the formation lap had started. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Germany Michael Schumacher 80 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello 62 3 UK Jenson Button 44 4 Italy Jarno Trulli 41 5 Spain Fernando Alonso 25Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2004/etats-unis/championnat.aspx United States 2004 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 21 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Italy Ferrari 142 2 France Renault 66 3 UK BAR-Honda 58 4 UK Williams-BMW 36 5 UK McLaren-Mercedes 17Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References United States Grand Prix 2004 2004 Canadian Grand Prix 2004 French Grand Prix 2003 United States Grand Prix 2005 United States Grand Prix 39 47 42 N 86 14 05 W source:kolossus-nowiki title United States Grand Prix United States Grand Prix 2004 United States Grand Prix, 2004 Category:2004 in sports in Indiana Grand Prix